User blog comment:Thornclaw Braveheart/Powder and Steel/@comment-2006360-20110714231210/@comment-2006360-20110715000452

Some crossbow bolts skim into the water and a bullet bounces off the hard wood of the boat, and both the ferret and Verpart paddle away with oars found on the boat.

Ferret: Well, they will surely come back. But first things first. M'name's One-Ear Rorik, as ye can see. Turns head to reveal a black hole where the right ear should be. A culverin missed me head but took somethin'.